Guyana News

A bus driver, who allegedly used abusive language to a woman after she scolded him for speeding, was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $15, 000, when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif., (Reuters) – A wildfire  in the heavily populated Los Angeles foothills threatened  10,000 homes yesterday, and California Governor Arnold  Schwarzenegger warned residents to heed evacuation orders for  the “out of control” and “very dangerous” blaze.

LOS CABOS, Mexico, (Reuters) – Hurricane Jimena  blew into a dangerous Category 4 storm off Mexico’s Pacific  Coast and was on track to buffet resorts on the Baja California  peninsula tomorrow, the U.S.

BANGALORE, India, (Reuters) – India terminated its  first mission to the moon yesterday, a spokesman for the  national space agency said, a day after scientists lost all  contact with an unmanned spacecraft orbiting the moon.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz  Inacio Lula da Silva tried yesterday to overcome opposition by  three state governors to a legislative proposal he hopes will  make the country a top oil producer and help fight poverty.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Former Israeli Prime Minister  Ehud Olmert was indicted yesterday over corruption scandals that  forced him to resign last year.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Prius hybrid automobile  is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and  battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of  elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Prius hybrid automobile  is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and  battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of  elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s former environment  minister Marina Silva took another big step yesterday toward an  expected presidential bid by joining the Green Party, which  wants to field her in the 2010 race.

Chaos erupted at Stabroek Market square yesterday when a man shot at two men who attempted to rob him and the bullet hit a newspaper vendor.

Peter Morgan’s imminent sentencing in the US for conspiracy to import drugs offers another lead for local authorities to figure out why they failed to uncover his activities, in the same way that Roger Khan was untouched for many years.

—is not interested in a third term President Bharrat Jagdeo says he is stunned by the murder of gold dealer Dweive Kant Ramdass allegedly by three soldiers, and says that he can’t guarantee “it will never happen again” because the security services import the same problems found in the society when they recruit ranks.

An early morning hit-and-run accident yesterday left a 12-year-old boy fighting for his life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), where his father is nursing minor injuries.

Electoral process ‘fraudulent’ -Van West Charles A week after the conclusion of the PNCR’s 16th Biennial Congress, Dr Richard Van West Charles is charging that the electoral process was “fraudulent,” from membership registration to voting.

Victims of the robbery that occurred at Kingston, Corriverton early Friday morning were summoned to identify jewellery and other items belonging to them after three suspects were held several hours later during a roadblock at Weldaad, West Berbice.

A motorcyclist at Lusignan was struck down and killed following a collision with a car on the Lusignan public road early yesterday morning.

A Stabroek Market vendor who was killed in her home was discovered nude, bound and gagged on Friday night.

Construction of the $56M Diamond/Grove well at Sixth Street, Diamond, East Bank Demerara is expected to be completed by mid-September and this would be complemented by two more wells that are slated for completion before year end.

-ministry charting suicide profile Faced with consistently high suicide rates and the prevalence of alcohol and substance abuse disorders, Health Minister Dr.

Joint opposition working with stakeholders for international inquiry The joint opposition parties are continuing to organise stakeholders’ engagements to galvanise support for the call for an international inquiry into alleged links between government and drug trafficker Roger Khan.